Cap room, roster holes could have Packers more active in free agency

9:46 PM,
Mar. 6, 2014

Jermichael Finley is one of two tight ends on the Green Bay Packers' roster due to become a free agent.

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The Green Bay Packers still have 17 impending unrestricted free agents less than two days before Saturday's start of the NFL's early negotiation period.

That number could decrease by one if the Packers re-sign defensive lineman B.J. Raji to a reported one-year contract before the weekend. But Raji just as easily could decide to test the market and hope the Packers' offer remains on the table if free agency doesn't yield a contract he likes.

Either way, with all those unrestricted free agents, this at least has the makings of a different offseason for the Packers, who under general manager Ted ...